Therapeutics
Tom Alber, Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Regulatory Mechanisms in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Carolyn Bertozzi, Professor, Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Sulfation pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Jonathan Ellman, Professor, Chemistry
- Rapid Determination of Protease Substrate Specificity
- Identification of Protease Inhibitors
- Substrate Activity Screening (SAS) Method for the Rapid Identification of Enzyme Inhibitors
Jay Keasling, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Biologically synthesized artemisinin to treat malaria
- Biologically synthesized prostratin and DPP to treat HIV
Matthew Welch, Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Interaction between pathogens and the host actin cytoskeleton
- Developing drugs that target the cytoskeleton of parasites (specifically, trypanosomes)